A man who has no excuse for a crime, is
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenseless!
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
Reality becomes a prison to those who
Reality becomes a prison to those who can’t get out of it.
And while God had work for Paul, he
And while God had work for Paul, he found him friends both in court and prison. Let persecutors send saints to prison, God can provide a keeper for their turn.
Man is condemned to be free.
Man is condemned to be free.
One crime is everything; two nothing.
One crime is everything; two nothing.
No crime has been without a precedent.
No crime has been without a precedent.
The severest justice may not always be
The severest justice may not always be the best policy.
He who does not prevent a crime when he
He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.
The common argument that crime is caused
The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.
It is true you cannot eat freedom and
It is true you cannot eat freedom and you cannot power machinery with democracy. But then neither can political prisoners turn on the light in the cells of a dictatorship.
As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more
As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more freely.
Punishment, that is the justice for the
Punishment, that is the justice for the unjust.
Forgiveness, that noblest of all
Forgiveness, that noblest of all self-denial, is a virtue which he alone who can practise in himself can willingly believe in another.
I have been studying how I may compare
I have been studying how I may compare this prison where I live unto the world; Shut up in the prison of their own consciences.
The virtue of justice consists in
The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
Wicked deeds are generally done, even
Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere desire of occupation.
Whatever you think of de Sade, he was a
Whatever you think of de Sade, he was a complex figure and we should not look for easy answers with him. He was, strangely perhaps, against the death penalty, and he was never put in prison for murders or anything like that.
Three hundred years ago a prisoner
Three hundred years ago a prisoner condemned to the Tower of London carved on the wall of his cell this sentiment to keep up his spirits during his long imprisonment: “It is not adversity that kills, but the impatience with which we bear adversity.”
Liberty is rendered even more precious
Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
Adversities such as being homeless and
Adversities such as being homeless and going to prison has made many people stronger.
The most anxious man in a prison is the
The most anxious man in a prison is the governor.
How dreadful it is when the right judge
How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong.
Definition, rationality, and structure
Definition, rationality, and structure are ways of seeing, but they become prisons when they blank out other ways of seeing.
The worst prison is not of stone. It is
The worst prison is not of stone. It is of a throbbing heart, outraged by an infamous life.
